Modern Monetary Theory offers a useful framework for defining assets, physical or financial, by assessing their default risk
Gross margins dropped in December 2022 quarter, reflecting inferior product mix, discounts and consumer downgrades
To deliver electric vehicles that people want to drive, Toyota's new CEO is goading the company to rethink production processes that made it the world's IC engine vehicle leader
Providing artificial person or juristic personality status to AI would mean accepting AI under law as a legally recognised entity independent of its creator or user and on its own having rights and obligations, the ability to own assets and enter into contracts, being liable for its actions, being able to sue and be sued
Capital formation had slowed down considerably after 2012-13 as the investment cycle turned, but it’s moving up again now
For the cereals group, wholesale prices are up 15.46 percent year-on-year. In the consumer price index, cereals prices are up 16.12 percent. The difference is that cereals have a weight of 9.67 percent in the CPI and 2.82 percent in the WPI
Human life means nothing for Putin. Barely-trained and poorly armed regular soldiers and Wagner mercenaries, regarded as cannon-fodder by their superiors, recall the similar horrors of earlier wars
In today’s edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: India's influence in Asia abates, shocking inflation numbers for January, get basics right to trade indices, coders could become overdependent on ChatGPT, and more
Momentous decisions can hinge on nuances and timing. Just ask the man picked to be Japan’s new central bank boss
Investors linked to the state already control France’s Paris Saint-Germain
Companies are earning much higher interest income on customer cash advances, cushioning them against an economic slowdown
Public health improvements, free foodgrains during the pandemic, and marginal fall in unemployment since 2018 gives the BJP comfort in Tripura. But its rivals are going to town over the lofty promises made to voters in the last elections
Global maritime trade has fallen to a shadow of pandemic peak as high inflation and reopenings hit goods purchases
It is imperative that an effective framework is put in place to bridge the regulatory lacunae in the use of technologies such as ChatGPT which has reached 100 million users just two months after its launch
While profitability at the insurance marketplace improved in 9M FY23, margins remain low
Instead of throwing billions of dollars of public money at companies, the country is betting on tax concessions for industrial giants to spur startup investment and innovation
Lowy Asia Power Index is a wake-up call for India to explore ways to leverage its strengths and increase its clout in the Asia-Pacific region
The digital supply chain finance (SCF) ecosystem links HNIs and institutional investors, searching for returns with trusted providers, while MSMEs pool their unpaid invoices to obtain working capital
Given the potential of rogue pharma exporters to kill off Indian pharmaceutical companies’ global potential, pharma exports must be brought under an export control regime of the kind used to regulate WMDs
A vast majority of traders choose to trade indices for solid reasons. Indices are less volatile as compared to individual stocks, index futures require lower span margins compared to stock futures
ChatGPT won’t displace programmers for a long time. The problem is coders becoming overdependent on ChatGPT, delegating work unnecessarily, and becoming unable to identify mistakes ChatGPT makes
Inflation is above the RBI’s 6 percent target not only in food and beverages, but also clothing and footwear, fuel & light, household goods and services, health services and personal care and effects
A moderate and patient approach to raising interest rates would increase the chances of a soft landing for the US economy. But the central bank might not have that luxury
After all, 300 years of investing advice has basically given the same guidance
In today’s edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: Rahul Gandhi gets image makeover but needs allies, can government solidify its digital dominance, India's bonhomie with US irks China, LIC's tall claims minus tax crutch, and more